Bulimus dux Pfeiffer, 1861

Breure, Abraham S. H. & Ablett, Jonathan D., 2012, Annotated type catalogue of the Bothriembryontidae and Odontostomidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Orthalicoidea) in the Natural History Museum, London, ZooKeys 182, pp. 1-70 : 10

Bulimus dux Pfeiffer, 1861 Figs 3A-B, 3i

Bulimus dux Pfeiffer 1861: 24; B.J. Smith 1992: 103.

Bothriembryon (Bothriembryon) dux (Pfeiffer); Breure 1978: 203 (lectotype designation); Breure 1979: 94.

Type locality.

"King George’s Sound, [Western] Australia".

Label.

"King Georges Sound / W. Australia"; taxon label damaged, possibly in Pfeiffer’s handwriting. M.C. label style IV.

Dimensions.

"Long. 51, diam. 26 mill."; lectotype H 48.5, D 28, W 6.0.

Type material. NHMUK 19598, lectotype; 19599, two paralectotypes (Cuming coll.).

Remarks.

These specimens were identified by E.A. Smith as type material.

Current systematic position.

Bothriembryontidae, Bothriembryon dux (Pfeiffer, 1861).

Figures

Figure 3. Bothriembryon species. A-B, i Bothriembryon dux (Pfeiffer, 1861), lectotype NHM 1975598 (H = 48.5) C-E, ii Bothriembryon leeuwinensis (E. A. Smith, 1894), lectotype NHM 1881.11.21.128 (H = 27.0); E detail of sculpture (x 6) F-G, iv Bothriembryon rhodostomus (J. E. Gray, 1834), lectotype NHM 1874.10.28.1 (H = 31.1) H-I, iii Bothriembryon tasmanicus (Pfeiffer, 1853), syntype NHM 1981204 (H = 30.1).